He recounted, “We were having a beautiful morning, and then we received the news from my brother [Gustavo]. ‘Go see mom because we can’t find Jenni’s plane, we don’t know what’s happened to her.'”

“I came to my mom’s house. We started getting the news. Then at around 5 p.m., we got confirmation that she was gone. It was so painful.” The family is still awaiting further details on the accident.

As news of her death was revealed, her friends and fellow starts took to Twitter to share messages of condolence.

“My friend! Why? There is no consolation. God, please help me,” wrote pop star Paulina Rubio. Jennifer Lopez wrote “So sad … Praying for Jenni Rivera’s children and family and the passengers families.”

Our hearts go out to the Rivera family, and the family members of the others killed in the crash, during this difficult time.